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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 123 · 40 questions
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The trick (Cross zero): Warmer or more money: move up the number line. Colder or spending: move down. Crossing zero: count the steps to 0 first, then the steps left over. The gap between a number below zero and one above zero: add the two distances from 0.

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  1. 1.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 19
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 43 (d) 27
  4. 4.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 17
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −10
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) 24
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −10
  8. 8.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 1
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 11 (d) 7
  11. 11.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 19 (c) −5 (d) 5
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 10
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 22
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 8
  15. 15.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 69 (d) −5
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) −42 (c) 26 (d) 42
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 26
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) 13
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 8 (d) 18
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 25 (d) 21
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 30
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  26. 26.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 34
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) 11
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 49
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  33. 33.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 34
  34. 34.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 33 (d) −7
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 19
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  38. 38.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 11
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 19 (d) 33
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 7

Answer key

  1. −14
  2. 15
  3. 43
  4. −11
  5. 0
  6. 32
  7. 0
  8. 0
  9. 1
  10. 7
  11. −5
  12. 10
  13. 16
  14. −2
  15. 5
  16. −18
  17. 30
  18. 42
  19. 16
  20. 33
  21. 18
  22. −8
  23. 11
  24. 32
  25. 12
  26. −11
  27. 34
  28. 12
  29. 1
  30. −1
  31. 39
  32. −12
  33. −14
  34. 7
  35. 2
  36. −1
  37. 8
  38. −17
  39. 23
  40. 29

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